Electrician - Diploma Program at CHI Institute

The Electrician program provides an understanding of the basic fundamentals of electricity and its practical applications, instructs the student in direct current and alternating current circuitry as well as teaches residential, commercial, and industrial wiring with specialized areas such as motors and motor control circuits, transformer installations. The student also receives gives an understanding of the National Electrical Code and how it applies to safe electrical installations. Students may use their skills in entry-level positions as electricians in new construction, additions, or restoration sites or may secure commercial or industrial maintenance positions. Graduates of this program may perform duties in a wide variety of residential, commercial, and industrial applications including the installation of electrical service, power, lighting, and special systems in new construction, dealing with the change-over from old systems to new in established buildings, handling additional electrical capacity to meet growth requirements of a building as well as conducting periodic maintenance and repair of the various systems and components in the building.